2015–16 Columbus Blue Jackets season

2015–16 Columbus Blue Jackets
Division 8th Metropolitan
Conference 15th Eastern
2015–16 record 21-28-5
Home record 8–9–4
Road record 9–16–0
Goals for 60
Goals against 76
Team information
General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen
Coach Todd Richards (Oct. 9–Oct. 21)
John Tortorella (Oct. 21–present)
Captain Nick Foligno
Alternate captains Brandon Dubinsky
Boone Jenner
Arena Nationwide Arena
Minor league affiliations Lake Erie Monsters (AHL)
Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals Brandon Saad (20)
Assists Nick Foligno (22)
Points Scott Hartnell
Brandon Saad (36)
Penalties in minutes Scott Hartnell (85)
Plus/minus Kevin Connauton (10)
Wins Sergei Bobrovsky (11)
Goals against average Joonas Korpisalo (2.60)
<2014–15

The 2015–16 Columbus Blue Jackets season is the 16th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997. Columbus hired head coach John Tortorella following the firing of Todd Richards, who started the season 0–7–0.[1] The team began its regular season games on October 9, 2015 against the New York Rangers.[2]

Regular season

After a seven game losing streak to start the season, the Blue Jackets fired head coach Todd Richards and hired John Tortorella on October 21.[3]

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 Washington Capitals 53 40 9 4 37 178 121 +57 84
2 New York Rangers 54 31 18 5 28 156 137 +19 67
3 New York Islanders 53 29 18 6 25 154 134 +20 64
4 Pittsburgh Penguins 53 27 19 7 26 139 138 +1 61
5 New Jersey Devils 55 27 21 7 25 124 129 5 61
6 Philadelphia Flyers 53 24 20 9 22 129 143 14 57
7 Carolina Hurricanes 54 24 21 9 24 130 144 14 57
8 Columbus Blue Jackets 56 22 28 6 18 144 176 32 50
Updated to game(s) played on February 11, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

Conference standings

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 Florida Panthers 54 32 16 6 27 155 123 +32 70
2 Detroit Red Wings 54 28 18 8 27 137 135 +2 64
3 Boston Bruins 54 29 19 6 25 163 149 +14 64
Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 Washington Capitals 53 40 9 4 37 178 121 +57 84
2 New York Rangers 54 31 18 5 28 156 137 +19 67
3 New York Islanders 53 29 18 6 25 154 134 +20 64
Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 AT Tampa Bay Lightning 53 29 20 4 27 142 130 +12 62
2 ME Pittsburgh Penguins 53 27 19 7 26 139 138 +1 61
3 ME New Jersey Devils 55 27 21 7 25 124 129 5 61
4 AT Montreal Canadiens 55 27 24 4 23 151 146 +5 58
5 ME Philadelphia Flyers 53 24 20 9 22 129 143 14 57
6 ME Carolina Hurricanes 54 24 21 9 24 130 144 14 57
7 AT Ottawa Senators 56 25 25 6 21 161 177 16 56
8 ME Columbus Blue Jackets 56 22 28 6 18 144 176 32 50
9 AT Buffalo Sabres 55 21 28 6 20 126 155 29 48
10 AT Toronto Maple Leafs 53 19 25 9 14 127 154 27 47
Updated to game(s) played on February 11, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

2015–16 game log[2]
February: 1–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
52 February 2 Columbus 1–5 Edmonton Korpisalo 16,839 19–28–5 43 Recap
53 February 4 Columbus 2–1 Vancouver SO Korpisalo 18,199 20–28–5 45 Recap
54 February 5 Columbus Calgary
55 February 9 NY Islanders Columbus
56 February 11 Anaheim Columbus
57 February 13 Ottawa Columbus
58 February 16 Boston Columbus
59 February 19 Buffalo Columbus
60 February 22 Columbus Boston
61 February 23 Columbus Detroit
62 February 25 New Jersey Columbus
63 February 27 Florida Columbus
64 February 29 Columbus NY Rangers

Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of February 1, 2016[5]

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Saad, BrandonBrandon Saad 50 19 16 35 1 12
Hartnell, ScottScott Hartnell 49 17 17 34 0 85
Atkinson, CamCam Atkinson 50 17 15 32 −5 12
Dubinsky, BrandonBrandon Dubinsky 44 11 19 30 −5 39
Jenner, BooneBoone Jenner 51 17 13 30 −10 42
Foligno, NickNick Foligno 42 6 20 26 −7 30
Johansen, RyanRyan Johansen 38 6 20 26 −4 25
Wennberg, AlexanderAlexander Wennberg 39 5 14 19 0 0
Savard, DavidDavid Savard 39 1 15 16 −14 31
Murray, RyanRyan Murray 51 4 12 16 −3 30
Johnson, JackJack Johnson 49 6 8 14 −14 21
Karlsson, WilliamWilliam Karlsson 50 4 5 9 −19 2
Rychel, KerbyKerby Rychel 20 2 7 9 6 13
Connauton, KevinKevin Connauton 27 1 7 8 10 21
Goloubef, CodyCody Goloubef 23 1 6 7 −1 16
Calvert, MattMatt Calvert 42 6 1 7 −8 22
Campbell, GregoryGregory Campbell 51 2 4 6 −7 64
Jones, SethSeth Jones 10 0 6 6 4 2
Bourque, ReneRene Bourque 30 2 3 5 −8 20
Falk, JustinJustin Falk 19 0 4 4 2 15
Prout, DaltonDalton Prout 34 1 2 3 −13 43
Anderson, JoshJosh Anderson 10 1 2 3 −1 2
Tyutin, FedorFedor Tyutin 39 0 2 2 −6 20
Clarkson, DavidDavid Clarkson 18 1 1 2 −7 13
Bodnarchuk, AndrewAndrew Bodnarchuk 16 0 2 2 −6 8
Chaput, MichaelMichael Chaput 3 1 0 1 2 5
Boll, JaredJared Boll 20 0 0 0 −4 30
Hannikainen, MarkusMarkus Hannikainen 4 0 0 0 −2 0


Goaltenders
Regular season[5]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Bobrovsky, SergeiSergei Bobrovsky 27 27 1516 11 13 1 67 2.65 753 .911 1 0 2 0
Korpisalo, JoonasJoonas Korpisalo 17 16 971 8 6 3 42 2.60 531 .921 0 0 0 2
McElhinney, CurtisCurtis McElhinney 15 10 702 2 6 2 39 3.33 349 .888 0 0 1 0
Forsberg, AntonAnton Forsberg 4 3 178 1 3 0 9 3.03 97 .907 0 0 0 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Blue Jackets. Statistics reflect time with the Blue Jackets only.
Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Blue Jackets only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Roster

Updated February 1, 2016.[6]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
13 United States Atkinson, CamCam Atkinson RW R 26 2008 Riverside, Connecticut
72 Russia Bobrovsky, SergeiSergei Bobrovsky  G L 27 2012 Novokuznetsk, Soviet Union
40 United States Boll, JaredJared Boll RW R 29 2005 Charlotte, North Carolina
18 Canada Bourque, ReneRene Bourque RW L 34 2015 Lac La Biche, Alberta
11 Canada Calvert, MattMatt Calvert  LW L 26 2008 Brandon, Manitoba
9 Canada Campbell, GregoryGregory Campbell C L 32 2015 London, Ontario
23 Canada Clarkson, DavidDavid Clarkson  RW R 31 2015 Toronto, Ontario
17 United States Dubinsky, BrandonBrandon Dubinsky (A) C/LW L 29 2012 Anchorage, Alaska
44 Canada Falk, JustinJustin Falk D L 27 2015 Snowflake, Manitoba
71 United States Foligno, NickNick Foligno (C)  LW L 28 2012 Buffalo, New York
31 Sweden Forsberg, AntonAnton Forsberg G L 23 2011 Härnösand, Sweden
29 Canada Goloubef, CodyCody Goloubef D R 26 2008 Mississauga, Ontario
43 Canada Hartnell, ScottScott Hartnell LW L 33 2014 Regina, Saskatchewan
38 Canada Jenner, BooneBoone Jenner (A) C L 22 2011 London, Ontario
7 United States Johnson, JackJack Johnson D L 29 2012 Indianapolis, Indiana
3 United States Jones, SethSeth Jones D R 21 2016 Arlington, Texas
25 Sweden Karlsson, WilliamWilliam Karlsson C L 23 2015 Märsta, Sweden
70 Finland Korpisalo, JoonasJoonas Korpisalo G L 21 2015 Pori, Finland
30 Canada McElhinney, CurtisCurtis McElhinney  G L 32 2012 London, Ontario
27 Canada Murray, RyanRyan Murray D L 22 2012 White City, Saskatchewan
47 Canada Prout, DaltonDalton Prout D R 25 2010 LaSalle, Quebec
21 Canada Rychel, KerbyKerby Rychel LW L 21 2013 Los Angeles, California
20 United States Saad, BrandonBrandon Saad LW L 23 2015 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
58 Canada Savard, DavidDavid Savard  D R 25 2009 Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
51 Russia Tyutin, FedorFedor Tyutin D L 32 2008 Izhevsk, Soviet Union
41 Sweden Wennberg, AlexanderAlexander Wennberg C L 21 2013 Stockholm, Sweden

Suspensions/fines

Player Explanation Length Salary Date issued
Brandon Dubinsky Cross-checking Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby during NHL game No. 337 in Columbus on Friday, November 27, 2015, at 18:40 of the second period. 1 game $31,451.61 November 28, 2015[7]

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season
Player Award Awarded
Saad, BrandonBrandon Saad NHL All-Star game selection[8] January 6, 2016
Atkinson, C.C. Atkinson NHL Second Star of the Week[9] February 1, 2016

Milestones

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached
Hartnell, S.S. Hartnell 600th career NHL point October 16, 2015
Savard, D.D. Savard 200th career NHL game November 3, 2015
Johansen, R.R. Johansen 100th career NHL assist November 3, 2015
Boll, J.J. Boll 500th career NHL game November 17, 2015
Murray, R.R. Murray 100th career NHL game November 22, 2015
Hannikainen, M.M. Hannikainen 1st career NHL game November 28, 2015
R. Johansen 300th career NHL game December 12, 2015
Johnson, J.J. Johnson 600th career NHL game December 12, 2015
Korpisalo, J.J. Korpisalo 1st career NHL game December 14, 2015
J. Korpisalo 1st career NHL win December 19, 2015

Transactions

The Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season.

Trades

Date
Details
Ref
June 26, 2015 To Toronto Maple Leafs
TOR's 2nd-round pick in 2015
PHI's 3rd-round pick in 2015
To Columbus Blue Jackets
TBL's 1st-round pick in 2015
[10]
June 30, 2015 To Chicago Blackhawks
Artem Anisimov
Marko Dano
Jeremy Morin
Corey Tropp
4th-round pick in 2016
To Columbus Blue Jackets
Brandon Saad
Michael Paliotta
Alex Broadhurst
[11]
January 6, 2016 To Nashville Predators
Ryan Johansen
To Columbus Blue Jackets
Seth Jones
[12]

Free agents acquired

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2015 Gregory Campbell Boston Bruins 2 years, $3 million [13]
July 2, 2015 Andrew Bodnarchuk Manchester Monarchs 1 year, $650,000 [14]
July 2, 2015 Brett Gallant Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2 years, $1.5 million [15]
July 2, 2015 Jaime Sifers Springfield Falcons 2 years, $1.25 million [16]
July 3, 2015 John Ramage Calgary Flames 1 year, $600,000 [17]
July 7, 2015 Kole Sherwood Youngstown Phantoms 3 years, entry-level contract [18]
October 1, 2015 Oleg Yevenko Adirondack Flames 1 year, entry-level contract [19]

Free agents lost

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2015 Mike Reilly Minnesota Wild 2 years, entry-level contract [20]
July 1, 2015 Mark Letestu Edmonton Oilers 3 years, $5.4 million [21]
July 1, 2015 Brian Gibbons New York Rangers 1 year, $600,000 [22]
July 1, 2015 Sean Collins Washington Capitals 1 year, $575,000 [23]
July 3, 2015 Luke Adam New York Rangers 1 year, $600,000 [24]
October 6, 2015 (2015-10-06) Jack Skille Colorado Avalanche 1 year [25]

Claimed via waivers

Player Previous team Date

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date
Andrew Bodnarchuk[26] Colorado Avalanche January 5, 2016
Kevin Connauton[27] Arizona Coyotes January 13, 2016


Player signings

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 3, 2015 Brandon Saad 6 years, $36 million contract extension [28]
July 9, 2015 Matt Calvert 3 years, $6.6 million contract extension [29]
July 23, 2015 Michael Chaput 1 year, $650,000 contract extension [30]
August 20, 2015 Paul Bittner 3 years, entry-level contract [31]
September 8, 2015 David Savard 5 years, $21.25 million contract extension [32]
December 20, 2015 Keegan Kolesar 3 years, entry-level contract [33]
February 11, 2016 Ryan Murray 2 years, $5.65 million contract extension [34]

Draft picks

Below are the Columbus Blue Jackets' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/junior/club team (league)
1 8 Zach Werenski D  United States Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten)
1 29[a] Gabriel Carlsson D  Sweden Linkopings HC (SHL)
2 38 Paul Bittner LW  United States Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
2 58[b] Kevin Stenlund C  Sweden HV71 J20 (J20 SuperElit)
3 69 Keegan Kolesar RW  Canada Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
5 129 Sam Ruopp D  Canada Prince George Cougars (WHL)
5 141[c] Veeti Vainio D  Finland Espoo Blues Jr. (Finland Jr.)
6 159 Vladislav Gavrikov D  Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)
7 189 Markus Nutivaara D  Finland Oulun Kärpät (Finland)
Draft notes[35]

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